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Cataclysm is the special superpower granted by the Cat Miraculous to its owner. It is very powerful and can also be very dangerous when used on people.
Description[]
This superpower allows the user to destroy whatever they touch.
Miraculous owner[]
The user infuses their hand with dark, destructive energy. Whatever they touch with that hand will be severely negatively affected:
- Solid materials dissolve, corrode, break, and/or become easily breakable, depending on the material.
- Technology malfunctions or, for robots or machines, is completely destroyed.
- Liquids evaporate and/or will lose its form.
- Living things will be petrified and crumble into ashes.
- Including akumas (as seen in "Cat Blanc", Cat Noir uses it to destroy the akuma to prevent Marinette from being akumatized.)
- Sentimonsters wouldn't be destroyed, but they would be damaged and go berserk.
- The Cat Miraculous holder and other Miraculous holders wouldn't be destroyed but would be severely injured.
- Akumatized villains wouldn't be destroyed but would be severely injured.
This power can even destroy indestructible objects, such as Miraculous tools and Miraculouses.
Its power can be used for self-defense, as Cat Noir tries to use it to resist Guitar Villain's sound attacks, though this failed to work. In "Anansi", he uses it to keep the titular villain from stealing his Miraculous, since she would be unable to touch his hand without being affected by the Cataclysm's destructive energy.
When a Cat Miraculous user gets older they seem to have further control of their powers, as seen in "Timetagger". When Bunnyx gave Ladybug her damaged Rabbit Miraculous, it was cracked, compared to the Bee Miraculous that was completely destroyed in "Queen Wasp". Meaning Cat Miraculous holders can have further control of their powers but it's unknown if they have the ability to completely deactivate it.
In "Miraculer" and "Cat Blanc", Cataclysm was used in ways without needing physical touch, meaning it may be possible for Cat Noir to do so as well. However, it is currently unknown whether this was due to the influence of an akuma or simply different utilizations of Cataclysm’s energy.
- Miraculer was able to infuse Cataclysm’s energy into her tonfa and Lucky Charms, creating Cataclysm-charged weapons.
- Cat Blanc was able to fire the destructive energy as a projectile in the form of a disc and bullet.
Plagg[]
As shown in "Style Queen", when Cataclysm is used directly by Plagg, he cannot restrain it and it destroys everything over a very wide area, potentially destroying whole cities and sending entire species' into extinction.
In "Catalyst," Plagg was shown to be able to somewhat minimize the damaged area, a feat Plagg is very proud of. But according to Tikki in "Kwamibuster", Plagg's control over his Cataclysm is limited.
Weaknesses[]
In various episodes, once he summons the superpower, he can't turn it off and must use it to get rid of it.
If a Cat Miraculous user's hands are restrained then they can't use it, as seen in "Robostus".
The effects of Cataclysm also seem to vary depending on an object's size as well as also due to a Cat Miraculous holder's powers being more refined and under control when they are transformed. Such as Cat Noir being able to only damage beams of the Eiffel Tower compared to Plagg who was able to Cataclysm it in half.
